A woman doctor's Civil War : Esther Hill Hawks' diary

Hawks, Esther Hill 1833-1906 (Author). Schwartz, Gerald, 1932- (Added Author).

Summary: The Sea Islands October 1862-February 1864 -- Florida February-July 1864 -- The Sea Islands July-August 1864 -- Florida December 1864-March 1865 -- Charleston March-July 1865 -- The Sea Islands July-August 1865 -- Florida August-September 1865 -- The Sea Islands September-October 1865 -- Charleston October 1865 -- The Sea Islands October 1865 -- Charleston October-November 1865 -- The Sea Islands November-December 1865 -- Florida December 1865-January 1866 -- The Sea Islands January 1866 -- En Route to Florida November 1866 -- Florida November 1866.

Record details

ISBN: 9780872496224
ISBN: 0872496228
ISBN: 0872494357
ISBN: 9780872494350
Physical Description: print
ix, 289 pages : illustrations, portraits.
Publisher: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1989.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Esther Hill Hawks went south in the 1860s to minister to black Union troops and newly freed slaves both as a teacher and a doctor. She kept a diary and described the South she saw.